01 Record

CVE-2019-3833

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 15.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 96.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2019-03-14 22:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 19:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-03

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2670e6f43868f2e391491d4d0bb9badf03862068267285f0b03ec2b979d2af83

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

[UNKNOWN]openwsmanversions up to and including 2.6.9—

06 References

bugzilla.suse.comhttp://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122623x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com107367http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107367vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3833x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-348166f7fdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2V5HJ355RSKMFQ7GRJAHRZNDVXASF7TA/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-64b384de9bhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B2HEZ7D7GF3HDF36JLGYXIK5URR66DS4/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-af0cd1b8f7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CXQP7UDPRZIZ4LM7FEJCTC2EDUYVOR2J/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1111http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1217http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00065.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

07 Fixed in

AlmaLinux 8

libwsman-devel
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
libwsman1
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-client
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-python3
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-server
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8

CloudLinux 8

libwsman-devel
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
libwsman1
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-client
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-python3
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8
openwsman-server
Fixed in 2.6.5-7.el8

Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.